I’m not sure, but I think adding lights to it (although making it look slightly cooler) makes it seem more like a toy and less like a valid piece of ‘art’ – having it light up would make it more difficult to convince people it wasn’t just a plastic toy for kids/manchildren but a proper piece of modern pop-art that’s an investment for the future.

Like if you embedded Blue LEDs in the Venus de Milo, you wouldn’t really be improving it.